According to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (APPMA), there are 350 million pets in the US and 65 million households own them. Pet care is a $35 billion industry, and although there are no clear figures, pet supplies/accessories is a billion dollar industry. A number of studies associates pets with increased health benefits for the owners.
Quite simply, the natural approach to healing is very different from the conventional approach. It does not matter if the health issue is as routine as dog diarrhea, or as devastating as cat cancer. Conventional Treatment relies on pharmaceutical medications to treat illness. Never mind that such therapies were not created to cure the illness, but incredulously, to suppress it.
Trying to decide if you should invest in a pet insurance policy for your “friend”? Here are some commonly asked questions and statistics, which will hopefully help you, make up your mind. Why should I get Pet Insurance? Vet fees are steadily increasing every year due to the increased cost of running a clinic.
Thanks to modern technology consumers now have the choice of buying medications for their pets online. But is it safe? The FDA has often warned consumers about buying prescription medications online. The good news is buying medication for your pets online is very safe.
Pets health insurance was considered, as little as 20 years ago, to be a waste of money. Over the lifetime of a pet you would pay between $3000 and $6000 for insurance premiums. Most veterinary procedures, even life saving ones would bill out for under $2000 so insurance was almost always a losing proposition over a pet’s lifetime. Today this is no longer the case.
